God will arouse his People

"God will arouse His people; if other means fail, Heresies will come in among them, which will sift them,
separating the chaff from the wheat. The Lord calls upon all who believe His word to awake out of sleep.
Precious light has come, appropriate for this time. It is Bible truth, showing the perils that are right upon
us. This light should lead us to a diligent study of the Scriptures, and a most critical examination of the
positions which we hold." CWE, p. 40

God will arouse His people; if other means fail, heresies will come in among them, which will sift them,
separating the chaff from the wheat. The Lord calls upon all who believe His word to awake out of sleep.
Precious light has come, appropriate for this time. It is Bible truth, showing the perils that are right upon
us. This light should lead us to a diligent study of the Scriptures and a most critical examination of the
positions which we hold. God would have all the bearings and positions of truth thoroughly and
perseveringly searched, with prayer and fasting. Believers are not to rest in suppositions and ill-defined
ideas of what constitutes truth. Their faith must be firmly founded upon the word of God so that when
the testing time shall come and they are brought before councils to answer for their faith they may be
able to give a reason for the hope that is in them, with meekness and fear. {5T 707.3}

God will arouse His people; if other means fail, heresies will come in among them, which will sift them,
separating the chaff from the wheat. The Lord calls upon all who believe His word to awake out of sleep.
Precious light has come, appropriate for this time. It is Bible truth, showing the perils that are right upon
us. This light should lead us to a diligent study of the Scriptures, and a most critical examination of the
positions which we hold. {GW 299.1}

My earnest prayer is that not one soul shall continue in transgression and sin.... The Lord will surely
arouse His people who are watching and waiting and praying. "Because iniquity shall abound, the love of
many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." {SpTB07 23.3}

The Lord has sent a message to arouse his people to repent, and do their first works; but how has his
message been received? While some have heeded it, others have cast contempt and reproach on the
message and the messenger. Spirituality deadened, humility and childlike simplicity gone, a mechanical,
formal profession of faith has taken the place of love and devotion. Is this mournful condition of things
to continue? is the lamp of God's love to go out in darkness? The Saviour calls; listen to his voice: "Be
zealous and repent." Repent, confess your sins, and you will be forgiven. "Turn ye, turn ye; for why will
ye die?" Why will you try to rekindle a mere fitful fire, and walk in the sparks of your own kindling?
{1888 765.3}

God will arouse His people; if other means fail, heresies will come in among them, which will sift them,
separating the chaff from the wheat. The Lord calls upon all who believe His word to awake out of sleep.
Precious light has come, appropriate for this time. . . . Believers are not to rest in suppositions and ill-
defined ideas of what constitutes truth. Their faith must be firmly founded upon the word of God so that
when the testing time shall come and they are brought before councils to answer for their faith they
may be able to give a reason for the hope that is in them, with meekness and fear. {Mar 45.2}
must arouse His people

Related Phrase: The church must arouse to action.

Some will not receive the testimony that God has given us to bear, flattering themselves that we may be
deceived and that they may be right. They think that the people of God are not in need of plain dealing
and of reproof, but that God is with them. These tempted ones, whose souls have ever been at war with
the faithful reproving of sin, would cry: Speak unto us smooth things. What disposition will these make
of the message of the True Witness to the Laodiceans? There can be no deception here. This message
must be borne to a lukewarm church by God's servants. It must arouse His people from their security
and dangerous deception in regard to their real standing before God. This testimony, if received, will
arouse to action and lead to self-abasement and confession of sins. The True Witness says: "I know thy
works, that thou art neither cold nor hot." And again, "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be
zealous therefore, and repent." Then comes the promise: "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any
man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me."
"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set
down with My Father in His throne." {3T 259.1}

The Lord has sent a message to arouse his people to repent, and do their first works; but how has his
message been received? While some have heeded it, others have cast contempt and reproach on the
message and the messenger. Spirituality deadened, humility and childlike simplicity gone, a mechanical,
formal profession of faith has taken the place of love and devotion. Is this mournful condition of things
to continue? is the lamp of God's love to go out in darkness? The Saviour calls; listen to his voice: "Be
zealous and repent." Repent, confess your sins, and you will be forgiven. "Turn ye, turn ye; for why will
ye die?" Why will you try to rekindle a mere fitful fire, and walk in the sparks of your own kindling? {RH,
December 23, 1890 par. 16}